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First Major Black Art Gallery

The first major black art gallery was established at Howard University.

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Will calls for change improve diversity in sport front offices?

This has been a guiding purpose since 2006 for The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) for grading pro leagues and the NCAA on racial and gender

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940),[2] was a proponent of Black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. He was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

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Source: ThoughtCo

Joe Biden Apologizes For The "You Ain’t Black’ Quip with Charlamagne Tha God

Earlier today, The Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne Tha God did a virtual interview with presidential candidate Joe Biden and after the conclusion of discussing several topics, Biden, smiling as he says it, remarks to Charlamange that, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or

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Women’s Group Rips Biden Vetting Klobuchar And Demands A VP Running Mate Of Color

Aimee Allison of She the People, which describes itself as “a national network connecting women of color to transform our democracy,” used no uncertain terms to implore Biden to look elsewhere for his running mate — specifically in the direction of a woman of

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Source: NewsOne

Biden Hires Karine Jean-Pierre As Senior Adviser Amid Push To Engage Black Voters

Biden has already had an advantage with Black voters in the primary elections, especially over his former opponent Bernie

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Source: NewsOne

St. Pete Sci-Fi author publishes futuristic release during COVID-19

With her new e-book out now, “Blueprints for Better Worlds,” and the upcoming release of her new collection of short stories, “Broken Fevers,” due out this year, Johnson is giving us lots to

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

Land Ownership: The Key to Black Power

As the story was recently narrated to me by my Aunt, my great grandmother was being bullied by Whites who were trying to acquire her

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Wallace Fard Muhammad

Wallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad /f ə . ˈ r ɑː d/ (born February 26, 1877[2]) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, and taught a distinctive form of Islam to members of the citys African-American

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Black and African Muslims around the world celebrate Eid

Covid-19 has changed the way that Muslims around the world are celebrating this weekend with the end of Ramadan, a holy month of fasting and

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Howard graduate becomes Air Force Thunderbirds' first Black female officer

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are doing their part by performing flyovers to honor these workers during the coronavirus

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

15 Leading Black Newspapers Awarded Among Facebook’s $10.3 Million in Relief Grants

Facebook announced recently that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

A Black Cowboy Confronts the Whitewashed History Of The West | The Oklahoma Eagle

But as with many elements of Americana, the idea of who cowboys are is actually whitewashed — scholars estimate that in the pioneer era, one in four cowboys were

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

FIGHTING THE ENEMY WITHIN | The Crusader Newspaper Group

One of these schisms is between two different groups of Black people: the “maskers” and the

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Racial profiling

Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person of a certain race based on a stereotype about their race, rather than on individual suspicion.[1] [2] More commonly in the U.S, racial profiling is thought of in the sense of the law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Dorothy Mae DeLavallade Taylor: First Black Woman to Serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives

Dorothy Mae DeLavallade Taylor: First Black Woman to Serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives

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Source: Black Then

Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America

In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based

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Holly Robinson Peete’s Daughter, Ryan, Comes Out As Gay

Ryan Peete, the daughter of actress Holly Robinson-Peete and former NFL player Rodney Peete, used this Pride Month to come

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Source: MadameNoire

PVAMU Volleyball team among the teams featured on ESPNU’s “HBCU Day” on Saturday, May 23

On Saturday, May 23, 20202, The Undefeated continues its celebration of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) with its

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

List of U.S. cities with large African-American populations

This is a list of the United States cities over 100,000 people that have populations that are over 30% Black or African American.[note 1] Statistics include Black people regardless of

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Black anarchism

Black anarchism is a loose term sometimes applied in the United States to group together a number of people of African descent who identify with anarchism. They include Ashanti Alston, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, Kuwasi Balagoon, Kai Lumumba Barrow, Greg Jackson, and Martin Sostre. Critics of the term

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Comerica Bank and National Business League Announce $1 Million Commitment to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses

Comerica Bank recently announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Magic Johnson Secures $100M For Minority-Owned Companies As Government Fails Black And Latino Small Business Owners

One of the greatest passers in basketball history has thrown his latest assist to Black and brown small business owners who have seemingly been excluded from the government’s apparently selective efforts to keep employees on companies’ payrolls during the coronavirus

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Source: NewsOne

African-American musical theater

African-American musical theater relates to the historic musical theater of the African American community, particularly prominent in New York City during the first half of the 20th

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Source: ThoughtCo

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr, had a large role in the American Civil Rights

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Morgan Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for COVID-19 Student Relief | Afro

Funds to Support Emergency Student Needs and Fall Enrollment Efforts

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

History of African Americans in the Canadian Football League

African Americans have played prominent roles in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and its precursors since 1946. In many cases black Americans have been able to pursue professional football opportunities in the CFL that were for one reason or another unavailable in the United States. Especially

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Source: ThoughtCo

FedEx Accused Of Firing Black Driver Who Recorded Encounter With Racist Customer

The driver took to Twitter and said he was defiantly posting the video he recorded with an angry customer despite FedEx demanding it get taken

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Source: NewsOne

Local Pastor Grows Into Activist Role

Genesis’ Senior Pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter spearheaded the June 4 service as president of the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Celebrating The Black History Of Memorial Day

UPDATED: 12:03 p.m. ET, May 21, 2020

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Source: NewsOne

Black nationalism

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